By: Eyal Toledano (https://twitter.com/EyalToledano)

I started MicroAngel to document my journey buying, growing and selling Micro-SaaS products. I’m investing $500k of my own money in the process and hope to turn it into $1.4m just 2 years from now.

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The framework I'm using to turn $500k in micro-acquisitions into $1.4m over the next 2 years

Key points:

Scroll to section: Investment focus: Shopify Apps

Shopify is eating ecommerce and arming the rebels vs. Amazon
The Shopify app store used to be full of app clones, but now more and more brands launch on Shopify + raise capital to grow
There’s a massive and growing long tail of incredible opportunities
Net negative churn is the ultimate goal and requires expansion, which Shopify merchants are already used to

Micro-SaaS Acquisitions as Startup Call Options

Key points:

Already, the entirety of the Shopify ecosystem is in full bloom.
Even before the pandemic’s effect on ecommerce, the number of active merchants on the platform has been exploding over the past several years, indicating a massive opportunity for Shopify apps with defensible positions.